In Blue Mountain Villa, in addition to the four villas where the masters lived, there was a main building not far from the entrance, which was the main place for entertaining guests and hosting banquets.
This time, because of the New Year’s Eve feast which would officially announce Ye Ning’s identity and Ou Xiaobao’s existence, the preparations within the villa were particularly grand, which made the workload much heavier.
Ye Ning was wheeled over and saw that the servants in the garden were already busy. Her heart lightened with joy, "Where is Mother-in-law?"
"Just ahead," came the reply. "She’s been really busy these past two days, let’s go over and take a look."
Ye Ning knew that her mother-in-law was busy. The mistress of Blue Mountain Villa, how could she not be?
Indeed, as they approached the main building, they saw a middle-aged high-class lady wearing a sun hat with her sleeves rolled up, busy directing the servants in arranging the potted landscapes and various other decorations bought from outside.
This was Bai Tingfang!
Yes, the mistress of the villa was not just a pampered high-class lady; her personality was sometimes more like that of a butler here. Her assertive and decisive style was somewhat similar to that of her son, Ou Mucen.
Seeing her, Ye Ning quickly had Sister Wang push her over, "Mother-in-law—"
Bai Tingfang was in the midst of a hectic moment; hearing someone call her from behind, she turned around with hands on her hips, "Ye Ning? What brings you here?"
"Just taking a stroll!"
"It’s so cold out, what’s so good about strolling? If it makes your body uncomfortable again, that rascal will scold me," said Bai Tingfang, her tone was not very friendly, brusque and stiff as usual.
Ye Ning was used to her manner of speaking and didn’t take it to heart.
Looking behind Bai Tingfang, she saw a pile of colorful ribbons and various small light bulbs and asked, "What are you doing? Need a hand?"
"Shoo, shoo, what help can you offer? It’d be great if you didn’t cause any trouble!"
Bai Tingfang glanced at Ye Ning’s legs in the wheelchair, showing no intention to deal with her and went on with her work.
Sister Wang, standing by, felt a bit awkward and thought about suggesting the young mistress return, but at that moment, the girl in the wheelchair began picking up the tangled mess of light strings on the ground.
"Get me a pair of scissors, I know how to do this," Ye Ning said calmly, and then, with nimble fingers, she began working on the entangled light strings.
Seeing this, Sister Wang could only bring her a pair of scissors and the two of them started to work it out together.
Bai Tingfang thought that after her words, the girl would leave. Yet, after busying herself for a bit and looking back, she found the girl in the wheelchair calmly untangling light strings, completely ignoring her words.
This woman really was...
"Madam, don’t blame the young mistress. Before the eldest miss arrived, the young mistress could move around everywhere, but now the eldest miss is always staying in Bamboo Garden. If the young mistress happens to bump into them while wandering the garden, it wouldn’t be good," the butler advised.